37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home 37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home
37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home This story has been updated. A local woman has been arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area, Maggie Deperna, age 37, was arrested Saturday, June 26, by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in connection to the crash that happened a day earlier in Mahopac. She's been charged with vehicular manslaughter, the Sheriff's Office said. The 61-year-old victim, identified as James Crecco, of Carmel, was walking outside his brother's home when he was struck by a Jeep on Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route…
Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-Run At Lakefront Home In Area; ID Released For Victim Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-Run At Lakefront Home In Area; ID Released For Victim
Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-Run At Lakefront Home In Area; ID Released For Victim Updated story: 37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home The victim has been identified and a suspect is in custody after a fatal hit-and-run crash outside a lakefront home in the area. The 61-year-old victim, now identified as James Crecco, of Carmel, was walking outside his brother's home when he was struck by a Jeep Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route 6N) near Hilltop Street. On Monday morning, June 28, Carmel Police said that a suspect has been identified and an arrest has been made. F…
One Extricated, Airlifted After Serious One-Car Crash In Area One Extricated, Airlifted After Serious One-Car Crash In Area
One Extricated, Airlifted After Serious One-Car Crash In Area A driver suffered bodily trauma and had to be extricated from a vehicle and airlifted to a Westchester hospital after being involved in a one-car crash in Putnam County. First responders from the Putnam Valley Fire Department and Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a one-car crash on Wood Street near the intersection of Secor Road at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department Public Information Officer Jack Casey said. Casey said units from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, Carmel Police and New York State Police dep…
Man Airlifted Following Crash With Driver Speeding, Passing Cars, Police Say Man Airlifted Following Crash With Driver Speeding, Passing Cars, Police Say
Man Airlifted Following Crash With Driver Speeding, Passing Cars, Police Say A man was airlifted to the hospital after another vehicle illegally passed his car causing a rollover crash and then fled. The incident took place in Putnam County around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, on Route 52 in Carmel, said Lt. John Dearman of the Carmel Police. According to Dearman, several witnesses reported that a black Cadillac passed vehicles in a no-passing zone southbound on Route 52. While attempting to pass a Honda Civic driven by Jacob Shikarides, 23, of Kent, the Cadillac, driven by Nicholas Signorelli, of Hopewell Junction, 55, slammed into the Honda, causing the vehicle to…
Five Hospitalized In Rollover, Two-Vehicle Crash Five Hospitalized In Rollover, Two-Vehicle Crash
Five Hospitalized In Rollover, Two-Vehicle Crash Five people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle rollover crash in the area. It happened around 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 in Mahopac at West Lovell Street and Kia Ora Boulevard. One of the vehicles landed on its side, with all five of its occupants out of the vehicle when Mahopac Fire, EMS and Rescue and multiple units from Carmel Police arrived at the scene. The five were transported to Putnam Hospital for evaluation. A couple in the second vehicle involved declined medical transport after being checked by Medics and EMTs. 
Photos: Oil Spill Reaches Lake Mahopac Photos: Oil Spill Reaches Lake Mahopac
Photos: Oil Spill Reaches Lake Mahopac More than 200 gallons of oil flowed down a hill, spilled into Lake Mahopac and had to be cleaned up by first responders. The oil spill was reported on Mount Hope Road in Mahopac at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, prompting a heavy response by multiple emergency agencies. Crews from Mahopac, Mahopac Falls and Somers fire departments; Carmel Police; the Putnam County HazMat Team; the Department of Environmental Protection and its HazMat team; the Department of Environmental Conservation; and Carmel Building Department all responded. According to Mahopac Volunteer Fire Departm…